12.02.2016

On 12 February 2016, the AEB North-Western Regional Committee held a briefing by Gabriel Di Bella, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in the Russian Federation, titled “Russia: Recent Economic Development & Challenges”. The event was kindly hosted by the Consulate General of Lithuania in St. Petersburg.

Meetings with highly rated experts from international financial organisations are a long and well established AEB tradition. The event was opened by Dainius Numgaudis, Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania, and was moderated by Andreas Bitzi, Deputy Chairman of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee. The IMF Resident Representative in Russia talked about the shocks affecting Russia’s economy and the political reaction: monetary and fiscal policy responses, the current economic situation, medium-term challenges, risks and mitigating factors as well as structural reforms needed in Russia. The briefing was followed by a questions-and-answers session. 

The presentation is available for downloading.

Photo: Gabriel Di Bella, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in the Russian Federation